In order to conquer Guangzhou, a city that has greatly strengthened its defensive strength, the Tang Dynasty Wang Division also invested enough money, and almost half of the main force was transferred.

Not to mention anything else, just one First Infantry Brigade alone can almost half of the main force of the Tang Dynasty's division.

Not to mention the First Artillery Battalion and the Guards Artillery Battalion, these two artillery battalions are currently the strongest artillery battalions in the Tang Dynasty.

The First Artillery Battalion has three teams of 18 five-pound field guns and one team of 7-pound field guns, and at the same time, there are five 12-pound guns (9 pounds of ammunition and 2,300 pounds of guns under the Datang standard) purchased from foreigners temporarily under the jurisdiction of the First Artillery Battalion, four 6-pound (5 catties) and six 3.5-pound (3 catties) guns.

The Guards artillery battalion has two teams of twelve five-pound field guns and one team of seven-pound field guns.

If you add it up, there are five nine-pound heavy guns, twelve seven-pound field guns, thirty-four five-pound field guns, and six three-pound field guns.

In addition, the 1st Infantry Brigade also has 12 3-pound shotguns and 6 5-pound shotguns.

The total number of artillery pieces of all kinds has reached nearly eighty, and these artillery pieces are not the same short-range artillery as the bowl guns and small mouth Buddha cannons in the hands of the Ming army, and the smallest three-pound shotgun can reach an effective range of 150 meters.

The effective firing range of those field guns can generally reach more than 350 meters, and the firing range of 7-kilogram and 9-kilogram heavy guns can reach more than 450 meters.

Such artillery strength is actually far superior to that of the Ming army in the city, and it is also more than the sum of other artillery units of the Tang Dynasty's division.

In addition to the artillery force, the other units are also strong, and the two infantry regiments in the 1st Infantry Brigade, the 3rd Garrison Brigade, and the Liuzhou Independent Regiment are all strong troops.

For the fifth day of the strong offensive operation, the Tang Wang Division will transfer more than 1,400 people from the Liuzhou Independent Regiment (owing a battalion), and more than 1,500 people from the three elite temporary commandos formed from the regular army and garrison.

This 3,000-strong force is the core force of this offensive operation!

However, when launching the official attack on the wall, the Tang Dynasty King Division will still make the last preparation, that is, blasting!

The last time he attacked Wuzhou, he was able to rush in smoothly because of the successful blasting, and this time, Li Xuan naturally wanted to continue to use this method.

However, when the order to blast was conveyed, the eastern wall of Guangzhou did not occur as expected, but set off a super large fireworks.

Although the momentum was extremely huge, and the smoke and dust kicked off were dozens of meters high, Li Xuan's face turned black when he saw this scene, because the blasting failed.

Although the gunpowder buried under the city wall exploded, it failed to blow up the city wall, but only blew up a large crater outside the city wall.

After seeing this scene, Li Xuan glanced back at several senior staff officers of the Operations Division in charge of blasting affairs and the battalion commander of the Guards Engineer Battalion.

These people were already sweating on their foreheads, and they directly went out and knelt down to call their ministers guilty!

Li Xuan forcibly endured the words of pulling them out and killing them!

Then he said: "The assault is suspended, and the second blast is organized, if this happens again next time......

Li Xuan didn't say what would happen if the blasting failed next time, but everyone knew that if the blasting failed next time, none of these people would be able to escape being shot or beheaded!

To organize the second blasting, the time required is certainly not a day or two, the waste of time is a small matter, the key is that the amount of gunpowder needed for a blasting is not a small amount.

To blow up such a thick city wall, the amount of gunpowder used was incomparably large, and if it was used as propellant, it would be enough for the army under the city of Guangzhou to sustain a month of high-intensity combat.

The expected first general attack was not successfully implemented, and although Li Xuan was disappointed and even angry, he could only continue to wait.

And Wang Yue in the city heard the loud noise of the east city wall before, and thought that the city wall had collapsed again, and was about to send reserve troops to go to the hard pit, but he didn't expect that the east city wall did not collapse, but just watched a huge fireworks, which made him feel a lot more relieved.

But even so, he didn't dare to relax, but felt a little scared.

The city wall was blasted and collapsed, which led to the loss of the city, which he had already experienced once in Wuzhou, but what made him a little helpless was that this kind of thing was still difficult to defend.

Because these pseudo-Tang thieves are digging holes almost everywhere, although they also sent soldiers to reverse dig in the city, and they also destroyed the tunnels of many pseudo-Tang thieves, and even killed and injured many pseudo-Tang thieves who dug tunnels, but this kind of thing is honest, but it is impossible to prevent it.

These pseudo-Tang thieves were desperate to dig tunnels, and they destroyed one or two, but it was impossible to prevent them all.

To this end, he also prepared a variety of defense methods, the most important of which is to prepare reserves!

He believes that the last time Wuzhou City was broken, the most important thing was that his reserves were not enough, which caused the city wall to be blasted, and the soldiers of the reserve team were not elite enough, and the ordinary light armored infantry could not stop the heavy infantry of the pseudo-Tang thief army armed to the teeth.

So this time, he has prepared a huge number of strategic reserves, and they are all elite divisions!

The Guangzhou battalion led by Yu Dayou was 3,000 people.

He has 5,000 direct overseers!

There were only more than 20,000 defenders in the city, but he had 8,000 troops as a strategic reserve, and they were also the most elite troops.

Especially his own superintendent, which had a whole musket battalion, more than 1,500 people.

In addition, among the remaining more than 3,000 people, there are more than 1,000 people in a trap camp established by the heavy armored infantry of the pseudo-Tang thief army, and more than 200 people with heavy armor swords and shields.

These elite troops are now all stationed in key places in the city, ready to support the battle at the head of the city.

As for the more than 10,000 people in the city who suffered the artillery and muskets of the puppet Tang thief army, they were all ordinary guards or even ordinary young people.

Li Xuan outside the city naturally didn't know, and Wang Yue in the city was also smart.

But even if you know what, you still have to fight!

After the first general attack ended without a problem, the artillery of the Tang Dynasty Division continued to suppress the artillery of the Ming army, and the engineering troops were preparing to dig tunnels to prepare for the second blasting.

But in the end, the engineer battalion successfully secretly dug a tunnel and re-buried the gunpowder, and this time, the staff officers of several combat divisions responsible for calculating the direction swore that the direction of the blasting was absolutely not wrong.

They are vouching for their lives!

So, on the ninth day of the Battle of Guangzhou, the Tang Dynasty division outside the city was once again preparing to launch a general attack, and the soldiers of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment and the three assault battalions were already ready, waiting for the city wall to be blasted successfully.

"Now that you're all set, let's get started!" After Li Xuan decisively ordered, he looked directly at a certain section of the north city wall, if this time it was not very unlucky, the blasting should go smoothly, and there would be a huge gap there.

After Li Xuan gave the order, the battalion commander of the Guards Engineer Battalion asked the young staff officer in front of him with a nervous look: "Captain Lin, this time is right, right?" ”

Staff Officer Lin first said in a firm tone: "It will never be wrong, we have repeatedly calculated more than 30 times, and I have personally gone to the tunnel to measure, the installation position of the gunpowder and the detonation design are all measured by me, this time it will definitely not be wrong!" ”

However, although he swore by it, after Staff Officer Lin finished speaking, he showed a hint of hesitation: "Or, wait until we count it again?" ”

When the battalion commander of the engineer battalion heard this, he couldn't help but become even more nervous: "Staff Officer Lin, this can't be wrong, otherwise, my brother, I am afraid that my net worth and life will be lost!" ”

Staff Officer Lin also took a deep breath after hearing this: "Battalion Commander Fang, what you said is right, my colleagues and I will calculate it again, and then detonate it after confirming that it is correct!" ”

Li Xuan looked at these people not far away and muttered, and he still picked up the banknotes and the abacus crackling and calculated again, he didn't rush them!

If this blast fails, he's going to kill!

Not to mention anything else, the value of the gunpowder wasted by the two explosions before and after is enough to be worth a hundred lives of these people!

After another quarter of an hour, Staff Officer Lin and several other staff officers glanced at each other, and then nodded their heads, at this time, Staff Officer Lin said to the commander of the Guards Engineer Battalion: "The data is confirmed, let's ignite!" ”

Battalion Commander Fang listened, although he still hesitated, but soon he gritted his teeth and said, "Order, ignite and detonate!" ”

After the battalion commander gave the order, one of the officers on the front line personally lit the fire rope, which burned all the way, and then crossed a long distance until it reached a large number of powder kegs in the tunnels under the city walls.

And in the next moment, a certain section of the city wall in the north of Guangzhou City suddenly came with a loud noise, and with the loud noise, a huge amount of smoke and dust began to rise!

At the same time, countless people were looking at the smoke and dust, and at this time, they saw many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty King Division showing ecstatic looks!

I saw that that section of the city wall was completely in ruins, and this also means that there was a huge gap in this section of the tall city wall!

At this time, Li Xuan also put down the single-pass telescope and said, "Order the whole army to attack!" ”

After the second blasting was successful, the whole army attacked naturally, and at this time, the officers and men of the Liuzhou Independent Regiment and the three temporary assault battalions began to run hard and rushed towards the gap where the smoke of gunpowder had not cleared.

At the same time, Wang Yue, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, also had a cold face, and then shouted loudly: "Hurry, go up quickly, you must not let the thief army rush through the gap!" ”